Quinn Hughes dished two assists and Casey DeSmith made 26 saves as the Vancouver Canucks rolled to their sixth win in seven games with a 5-2 victory over the Nashville Predators.
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Canucks 3rd and 4th line must be in the top of the league for contributions this season they playing lights out
100% absolute fact!
Many years of pain have finally brought me joy again
Great effort tonight. I love the balanced scoring in the game. Not to mention one of the best goaltending tandems in the league right now. Certainly, one of Vancouvers' best in some time.
Oh it’s sooo nice to have two nhl goalies 👍👍😊 Nice tandem for the playoffs if knuckleheads can stay in the hunt( note: pessimistic van fan)😂
@griggbaylee5808 ya, same here. I've been with the team from the day they entered the league, I think pessimism just comes with the territory.
just waiting for the hammer to drop and everyone gets hurt all at once
@@jugaloking69dope58they’ve battled through some injuries already. Suter just got back for example.
@@griggbaylee5808dude wtf are untalking about stay innthe hunt? They are the 2nd best team in NHL innthe standings half way through.
Proud of Blueger, 3 points in last 3 games. Go on Latvian star 💪👏
💪💪💪👏🤟🏒
Fits like a glove with Canucks. Wanted him on Sabres.
Good to see joshua standing up for garland
From fighting each other to fighting for one another!
@@Jingling-MelOship it
Not a fan but happy for Canucks, they look as fierce as the 2011 Canucks! Good luck this year!
Have you considered being a fan?
I'm a fan!!
Always room for one more, make the leap!
Not gonna pressure or force you into anything, but you're always welcome to join us
lol@@MattAlbie
Canuck’s are on 🔥
it is absolutely refreshing to see the revival of our team, led by the captain hughes!!! he is just ridiculous
Pettersson, Hughes, Suter👏👏👏
🇸🇪💪😤
Elias Petterson, JT Miller, Quinn Hughes, Thatcher Demko, the Canucks have four legit contenders for the Hart Trophy and Miller has an outside chance of winning the Art Ross, this is the best Canucks team talent-wise since 2011 and the most exciting lineup since 1994 when every game was an edge of your seat nailbiter, especially when Pavel touched the puck.
The talent we have this year is definitely fun to watch, not to take anything away from 2011, Sedinery magic was a beauty to behold, outside of it, the other players just got the job done, nothing too flashy. 1994 you had the Russian Rocket Bure (whomst jersey I have worn to both Canucks games I have attended, Skate Jersey my favorite), was that of a beast. I wasn't born yet to watch his games, but from replays, he was one of the fastest skaters with an excellent shot. This year we got Hughes great two way offensive defenseman, JT Miller all round Center, Elias Petterson with a wicked shot and some good speed, also the giants of Myers (who isn't the greatest, but is starting to play smarter hockey) and Zadorov, and perhaps the next greatest goalie since Luongo (which I went to his ROH night game)
missing brock for the rocket!
0 chance of a hart based on that. There’s too many great players on the canucks for there to be an mvp and they’re getting depth scoring too. It’s gonna be Kucherov, Pastrnak, or Panarin, maybe McDavid if the oilers actually come back. Kuch, Pasta, and the breadman all have 10+ more points than the 2nd highest scoring players on their teams. Kucherov makes up a little less than half of the Lightning’s goals, which is something McDavid hasn’t even had to do for a couple of years and has only recently gotten the help of Vasilevskiy to aide them.
@@bodhithomas5684 True, a player that effectively is carrying their team by sheer amount of points and not sharing the spotlight as much is in higher odds of probably winning the Hart, as they aren't really going to be having those points split amongst them while other good players are snagging points here and there. Take the Dakota and Garland line, they are clicking and coming in clutch for Vancouver lately while early it was the Miller, Boeser, Petterson, Hughes, Hronek core that were carrying the team in points. Now that you look at the frontrunners, it's McDavid doing McDavid things on Edmonton, MacKinnon and Makar lighting it up for Colorado, and Kucherov feasting on points for Tampa. In a way, it's better to have a spread talent team than one great player. I could care less about a Hart Trophy so long as we have a stronger shot for/during playoffs.
@@bodhithomas5684 Art Ross is for the league scoring champ, Hart is for MVP, you're trying to guess the Top 3 scorers in the league and Hart doesn't have to even be a scorer, it can be a goalie, defencman or a 3rd line penalty killer. "Too many great players for there to be an MVP" doesn't even make sense.
Proud to be swedish and see höglander, åman and Pettersson score. Go canucks go
Remember like 27 games ago when everyone said the Canucks wont continue winning... Where are those people at? Where ya at fools?
Remember, lose with class, win with class. We've been such a bad team for so long we don't get to call anyone fools for doubting us. We can still easily tank it and miss the playoffs and then who are you going to call a fool? I'm with you man, I'm happy we're winning. But you don't start trash talking less than halfway done the season.
@brandonmoreau634 - I remember after the first game of the preseason, in Calgary and the Flames dressed their starting roster against the Abbotsford Canucks and blew them out 10 - 0. The number of people who said the Canucks were still garbage because of that result was amazing to see. Talking like the first game of the preseason actually mattered. Where are those people now? Oh, and where are the Flames now? I guess it has been all downhill since that 1st preseason game? That was the Flames Stanley Cup this year.
toronto probably?
That's sort of how it works when you've been trash for a decade. Why would any non fan suddenly believe lol they probably need more proof to override the decade of sucking
So early that it's still 360p
Shout out to the Canucks coaching staff and Management. It’s unbelievable the depth we have even on the farm team there’s probably at least 10 players I would feel comfortable calling up if we needed. The whole team is playing amazing
I can’t remember the last time the Canucks had such a balanced attack. Every line can put up points. The goalie tandem is all you could ask for, and the defence is no longer the sore point of this team. The additions have really made a huge difference. I was concerned their start in the first 15 games was a bit of overachieving and a hot powerplay that would tail off at some point , but not anymore. With their bottom six just getting better as the season goes on, this team is for real. The teams below them are going to have a hell of a time making up ground on them at this rate. What a difference a year makes.
I would still think of all the three roles, defense is still our weakest, but it is waaaaay better than it ever has previous seasons. Offence has been fantastic, there's a reason why we lead the league in goals, and the strong defense also keeping us highest in goal differential too. The goalie tandem we have going on as well is reminiscent of close to it as 2011 Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider.
So balanced that they traded away a key winger, and benched a 39 goal scorer, and still winning handsomely.
@@trubluduhu9055not looking like a weakness is it? Best plus minus in the league.
@@coryjohn4057 I'm not saying it's our weakness, but probably our weaker end. We have guys who can definitely score and get us those goals we need, and then stellar goalies, just seems we sometimes make bad plays in our own zone and on our off games, where we can still get goals, our defenses almost looks like they slack off or lost, not to the degree we had last couple years, but we bounce back from messy games now. In the NHL games, I would be willing to bet our defense rating would be lower than goalie and offense, but wouldn't be too far a gap.
@@trubluduhu9055 Myers and Zadorov are such a weapon on defense. Yeh big guys make mistakes they also wear players down in series. The Canucks defense has looked awesome with those two. I remember a guy named Weber. When he was beside Suter they were unbeatable. But away from each other they struggled more than they should have against speed. Those two if one is always in the middle look out. And that's coaching. I see it coming together.
Another exciting game by this Canucks team. Lighting up the scoreboard and they created lots more great chances that could have easily been goals. Also top notch goaltending by Desmith.
Canucks didn’t give Predators that much to shoot, most of the shots were from the outside. DeSmith let in one goal I didn’t like, but he had a really solid game tonight overall. That 3rd line is also just amazing. Just need to PP to start clicking.
First one was a fluke-ish goal that he read wrong. These kinds of mistakes are alright to make regular season, but need to hopefully be polished off come playoffs. Second one not much you can do other than shifting to the side faster in hopes maybe your body blocks it rather than relying on catching it with the glove. All around, solid performance by Desmith, a really good pairing with Demko so he gets some rest
I'm pretty sure Saros isn't happy about the first goal he gave up on Petey either. Goalies are the only position in all of professional sports that are not allowed to make a single mistake from the media or fans.
Nashville had a 4 game winning streak going into tonite Nashville is a hard team to play against good win for the Canucks
We were bound to lose at some point with all the wins we’ve been having lately I’d say it was a uncharacteristic night for Saros but the Preds have to be able to bounce back
Quinn text book, defence to offence play. What a beaut!
Good test for the Canucks if these 2 meet in the playoffs. But Nucks are the better team GG preds.
One of the more complete efforts I've seen all year. Keep er rolling boys 👍
Canucks got goalies for the playoff this year.
Such a pleasure watching the Canucks play hockey,,,,,,
Gotta love the guy on the Pred's celebrating the 5-2 goal with 12 seconds left
Probably because the guy that shot the goal it was his first goal of the season
Any chance to do that taunting of theirs. It can be the most worthless goal imaginable and they’ll still do it.
@@AV57 it’s funny though because if you were watching by the time Glass scored the Preds second goal half the arena was already leaving because they knew they lost.
Best Goalie tandem we have ever had? DeSmith is a great backup and could probably be a starter on most teams ie edmondump and cherana
Luongo and Schneider in 2010-2012 were the best goalie tandem we have ever had. This duo of Demko and DeSmith is the best of we have had in over a decade.
He really is a great "backup goalie". If it weren't for Demko, and Canucks had a different goalie, he very well could be the starter. But it's a great thing to have some relief when you don't see your starter goalie and that we still have a great goalie in wait.
Best ever? No. But DeSmith would be a starter on a lot of teams right now and he's our backup, so yeah, good times.
Canucks versus the Mustard Men. Seriously Nashville, those uniforms...
This is the best game Canucks played this year!
One more win for the good guys.
canucks always had good goalies even during the down years
15 minutes of bigfkoff Canuck hockey , Thats what we're seeing with the combination of Myers and Zadorov. There was a shift tonight where both em behind the net making there presence noticeably apparent as they physically frustrated the Preds behind the boards using their big bodies to effect
The Canucks' third line is really showing up big game after game... very impressed with the tenacity that they play with - never a defensive liability, and is now contributing regularly offensively as well. This is why people always talk about the significance of having a good 3rd line center... now the Canucks have more than a 3C; they have a full 3rd line that can be put in at all situations.
Go Canucks!!
Still rolling over teams regularly. Still leading most stats in the league, been saying it for weeks now. Lol
This is your year canucks
Love to see Petey has his swagger back, and our 3rd line is on absolute fire right now! COCONUTS GLOW
As for Hoglander ....Horvat called it when he first showed up in the Canuck line-up. Bo said that this guy was " Really strong", on the puck and his ability to over power the check ! Right again Bo !
Great dominating win by the Canucks on the road! Vancouver dominated this game right from the very start and they also won this game with their back up goaltender, which is another positive sign for them.
Let's hope this follows into the playoffs
one game at a time first. Still a lot of obstacles and a long road ahead of us!
Love how they kept up the effort despite the boos. Lets go Canucks!
The fans are chanting for their goalie Juuse Saros. They're saying JUUUU when he makes a save, not booing.
@@seanb9698 Wonder where they got that idea. :P
LUUUUUU
Hard to believe the Canucks are 19 points ahead of the Oilers after only 33 games
It's hard to believe the Canucks are in 2nd place in the NHL points wise, at fricking Christmas! No one, and I mean no one ever even had an inkling that could happen.
@@carletonrutherford1799Well I did, they changed half their team - the entire bottom 6, half their D and backup goalie
Even if the Oilers were to win the four games in hand they would still be eleven points behind.
@@Mike604Ya they've only sucked for a decade everyone knew this was the year obviously
@@ShawnBlaque I’m talking about last year and this year doof
Hoggy battling for that tip in
Three different Swedish players on the Canucks scored tonight, thats crazy
Starting off with 3 different swedes scoring on a finish goalie, it just feels right.
At this point doesn’t really seem like Kuzmenko fits this team.. Hopefully he figures things out or they get something good for him
Gave that Preds organ player’s fingers a good work out with all the goals😂 Good hard game boys👍🏻😎
Solid effort
Lets go canucks ! Jets needed this 😂
Unbelievable. We keep waiting for them to blow a tire and spin outta control and return to the Canucks we've grown accustomed to. Doesn't appear to be an option in the field of quantum potential futures this season for them. I'm really enjoying this Alternate Universe thing. So strange also was listening to RT before the season began on the importance of a defense first mentality. I thought they'd be playing alot of 2-1 low event games which can be quite boring. But look at the team and they're #1 in the league in both goals for and goal differential. Didn'tsee that coming. Keep that wagon rollin boyz!
Am I dreaming? The Canucks are first in wins?
And first in goals for and goal differential too. The first team also this season to have 3 players with at least 40 points. Where the Hell are we? Luvin it!
@CanucksVid - Pssst.....2nd place in the NHL right now. At Christmas, the Vancouver Canucks are in 2nd place in the fricking NHL!! Are we finally in the matrix?
Canucks bottom 6 is definitely pulling their weight.
GGS Panthers. Well the boys in bluepull out the broom and swept that series. Great game with a lot of great hits. Desmith looked real good. The only down side I could see is that we didn't skate very fast. Other then that it was a great game. GO CANUCKS 💙💚💙💚💙💚
Let's go boys!!
Long Night for the Preds....
As is every game the Preds play against the Canucks 😔
Just have a question. If Saros makes a save but he can't control the puck, would you say he just gave up a Juuse rebound??😊
Booooooooooo.......
@@carletonrutherford1799 Tough crowd.😊
@@pwc1021 You're here all week, try the veal?
@@carletonrutherford1799 will do.👍
Good 60 min effort. Powerplay still a snoozer though
Very nice...👍
Quinn Hughes and the Vancouver Canucks win over Ryan O'Reilly and the Nashville Predators 🏒🔵⚪🟢🇨🇦 Vancouver Canucks improve to 22-9-2, while the Nashville Predators dropped to 18-14-0
Lucky Preds fans get to see one of the best teams in the league right now.
Canucks are for real
Play Kuzzy
Dont like how we had no effort near the last minute of the 3rd, ik it’s seconds remaining but Desmith doesnt deserve a goal against cuz the nucks dont wanna play till the whistle
Why is no one talking about the 5-1 goal? If it was Bedard shooting like that everyone would be on here saying it was the best shot this season.
Go Canucks Go
Why they booing Saros?
Don't touch Garland 🤬
team white 5 team ear wax yellow 2
Bring back the skate jersey
With LA having 5 games in hand on us, it's nice to keep the points separation, although with 2012 in mind I don't know if we want to see them first round... Go for first and take on the Coyotes first round. Imagine Mullet Arena with a white out.
Yeah, LA is the LAST team we want to face round 1
Why does sportsnet always cut the fights out of their highlights? Not want us to see it?
Drance get that resume ready, you gotta take your grift somewhere else
Why not get him out of your head if you dislike him so much? He’s living rent-free there 😂
Your right. Canucks are proving he doesn't belong.
Tyson Barrie ouch...
ROARING THUNDER, The RISE OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS.....or is that ROARING VANCOUVER😉😉😜😜👍👍
Vancouver might actually be our fathers bro like wtf is this...
Off night for Saros, defense was mediocre and we kept shooting goals from the outside cause we weren’t able to get to the inside to shoot any pucks that were more likely to be goals. The Preds have to bounce back and win tomorrow.
Where Kuzmenko? Why Tocchet hate him?
I don't think he hates him, my guess is that there's a limit you can bring onto the bench, and he maybe felt Kuzmenko to sit out, nothing personal or that if he was playing poorly, maybe he wasn't feeling well or needed rest, who knows, just don't think Tochet hates him, he's always expressing how he likes the team and their mindset
@@trubluduhu9055he doesn't forecheck!
Teams in N.H.L. DON'T WIN CUPS IF THEIR BASED IN CANADA ANYMORE IN BETTMANS AND DAILYS N.H.L.
Time to sell, nashville
Why are, they showing stupid highlights, when the boys were winning, im convincing fashion.
Gotta give the Preds fans credit for still chanting "Hey, you suck!" With 11 seconds left in the game where they got blown out 5-2
The funny thing is half the arena was already leaving when it happened
Predators were doing so good what happened?!
Canucks happened
Ran into a lion in the jungle. Ah la Ryan reeves.
Uncharacteristic night for Saros, defense was mediocre, not able to get to the center to shoot any pucks so preds were always shooting from the outside and not making any. I’d say it was just another preds vs Canucks game. Preds just have to bounce back and win tomorrow.
I say let other teams know we are open to improving in a big way, dangle 2024 1st, Podkolzin/Klimovich + $$$$$ and get an impact player before the deadline. Set the prices up high to screw over others and let the chips fall. I like Willander and Lekkermaki Im not worried about turning Podkolzin + Futures into another great player for this moment.
No more trading first round picks. This team isn’t a contender yet.
No trading of picks this is a young team that is playing well and growing. Not even sure how many of the Canucks have as far as playoff experience. They are not a contender yet and just be happy with the progress
@@christhornycroft3686they are a contender team, just not as strong a contender as others. As much I am a die hard fan, I still need to have some reality in place, that being we aren't the best team, we aren't the strongest, we probably aren't the most durable either, but this season has been a massive step in the right direction, and yes, with not trading away a first round pick for next year's draft, we can fit together a really nice piece to add and maybe complete this teams roster
Nope to podzy he’s not leaving
As a finn, i don't like to say this, but Saros has nothing to do in the NHL. He is too small, leaves waaaay to many openings and is not solid at all.
This was an off night for him completely uncharacteristic. He’s played way better games and has had to carry this team way too many times for us to get rid of him.
🎉🎉🎉🎉❤😊
terrible video quality
takes a bit right?
Should be fine now
Every single video someone with zero IQ comments this
why does this look like its filmed on a potato
Because it takes some time for the video to process to a higher resolution. Give it a bit.
It's filmed on a toaster, actually.
I'll be a fan if they can finally bring the cup home. Cannucks choke, all too often.
Lol you be a fan ifntheybwon a cup? Wow dont be investing too much bro, maybe ask for dynasty first. Talk about bandwagon fan.
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Ugliest jersey in the NHL. Mustard.
Lauzon takedown worse than Peterson and Matheison as Garland going into boards at speed...should be suspended.
Huh
Jesus wants to save you - repent of your sins and turn to Him
Foberg shoots....... DeSmith SAVES!
What was wrong with that hit??? Seemed like a clean hit but even if it was a penalty that’s two minutes tops!! We can’t be taking hitting outta the game like this!
Canucks looking very strong this season. We want our first Cup.🏒
See but the thing is the predators also want their first cup although it’s much more likely Canucks get a cup this year and not the Preds. Didn’t realize Canucks didn’t have a cup.
Anyone on the Vancouver roster can score and everyone is contributing. I’d take a team of 20 goal scorers over a team with one or two 50 g men any day👍🥷
canucks always had good goalies even during the down years
If you remember Dan Cloutier lol
@@westsider7809 yes sir i do. naslund bertuzzi
Pettersson and Miller can be those 2 i hope @@bobbobnovic4903